O’Reilly, Beck Clash During Debate Over Trump Campaign – ‘You Might End Up in Jail’

Conservative talk radio host Glenn Beck and Fox News personality Bill O’Reilly clashed on Wednesday after Beck accused Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump of using divisive tactics to gain support in the fight against Hillary Clinton.

Beck, who has been one of Trump’s loudest opponents, appeared on O’Reilly’s program, where he defended the mainstream media against Trump, and stood by previously comparing Trump and his supporters to members of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Earlier this week, Beck claimed the GOP nominee could possibly create new groups like Black Lives Matter, which he says will be made up of conservatives who “so distrust and hate the system that they will buy anything.”

“It was a rigged election, the media ought to go to jail, and it’s these Republicans, and not look at whose leading that. OK. Same thing. Same thing. They start with a good reason like Black Lives Matter,” he said of Trump.

The radio host and founder of TheBlaze defended the earlier statements when speaking to O’Reilly, and then accused senior Trump aide Paul Manafort of “funneling foreign money into lobbying firms.”

Speculating over Manafort’s past associations with Russian and Ukrainian businessmen, Beck said Manafort “may end up in jail.”

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O’Reilly responded: “You’re throwing stuff against the wall … You don’t have any evidence to put the man in jail, and you know you don’t.”

The O’Reilly Factor host added: “If you keep saying this kind of stuff, you might end up in jail.”

Moreover, O’Reilly questioned whether or not Beck is “nitpicking” Trump for political fodder.

During the exchange, Beck also launched an attack against the Trump campaign for its hiring of Breitbart News CEO Steve Bannon on Wednesday.

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“Did you see who he just made CEO of his campaign? One of the dirtiest nastiest human beings alive,” Beck said of Bannon.

Referring to major progressive political operatives in Clinton’s corner, O’Reillyresponded: “But he [Trump] needs somebody to go up against [John] Podesta and Media Matters and George Soros. Come on, you know the other side.”

Beck responded by claiming Trump is a worse alternative than President Obama in regards to transparency involving the media.

“Barack Obama was bad. Donald Trump has them chanting ‘put them in jail – put them in jail,'” Beck said. “When is someone’s opinion on a public figure something that is jail-worthy, and not First Amendment protected?”

Beck concluded: “This guy [Trump] is a nightmare.”

Beck was an ardent supporter of Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, throughout the Republican primary. The former Fox News Channel host typically spends a significant portion of his radio program criticizing both Trump and his campaign.